being first or second has been historically a controversial topic, honestly, this topic never enthused me in the first place bocs there will always be infighting/unacceptance/no unanimity.

For Eg, the tamils says they are unique, is the first language, ask the "hindians" they will say "sanskrit" is mother of all. for me, both sanskrit and tamil are 'Holeya' languages although I appreciate them, but they never are benchmarks.

rather, our community is better off talking about "PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE" than being first or achievers, people who stood out albeit being ordinary, who brought in a change in the way we think & operate, the silent contributor, the exceptionist.

When i say this, I could not stop thinking about the many brilliant doctors of our community who practise in the niligiris (who could have made crores practising elsewhere), innovative businessmen who dare not venture bcos of familial constraints, super smart advocates and pioneering agricultarists.

while saying this, i should talk about mr.krishnamurthy, a mech engineer of PSG Tech turned agricultural reformer, of denali village, my friend, a pioneer in organic farming practise in the niligris.

to stand out is to deliver, and deliver in style!

_________________Emerald Bhojan Hariharan.

DREAM. INSPIRE. EVOLVE.

deva_mathanFrequent poster

Joined: 31 Dec 1998
Posts: 131

Posted:
Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:50 pm

Brother EBHari,

Whatever the achievement or new idea brought in, there are always someone to oppose it, if not for the contect, but for the sake of it. In Badagu we have a proverb " Aalu kalle Enthale Elu kalle Enthara". Across the globe, there will always be some one to oppose.

Your feelings are understandable. The first achivers, may not make a big Change in lifestyle externally, but taking a eagles eye view they definitely inspire those who are aspiring to be excel in similar fields. For nearly 4 to 5 centuries, we badaga people have confined to Nilgiris. Perhaps, to an extent the Chillclimate also made our feelings confined.

The FIRST ACHIEVERS have definitely made a significant achievement. Sevaral times, it is the family members [ elders ] stop their Children/grand Children going out of district [ leave alone going out of state/country ] for betterment. Under such such circumstances, and the necessity to go wide and far which is felt a necessity now, it is wortwhile mentioning their achievement for two reasons.

1. The internet has become part of life and the new generations need to learn from such sources.

2. It will help, preserving evolutions of Badagas in verious fields over the years.

Moreover, there are lot still to be achieved in hatties, for which these will always be source of inspiration if some one educated discuss such things.

Mr.bjaypee I think Dr.Sundaradevan, IAS ,of Adrigaratti is married from
Hottimora Hosahutty and mother in law's hutty-ketchigatty

skumar09Starter

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 7

Posted:
Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:09 pm

We, J.B. Santhosh Kumar from Thooratty, Mekala.C from Atthigal, and Saravanan.S from Peria Hubbathalai are the first three badagas who have cleared CMT (Certified Medical Transcriptionist) exam conducted by AAMT (American Association of Medical Transcription) in year 2007. Only 2700 professionals have cleared this exam worldwide out of million professionals in this field. For reference, our names can be seen in AHDIorg. com.

l_santhoshFrequent poster

Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 143

Posted:
Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:54 am

My hearty congratulations to the three of you!!
It must have taken hard work and good experience to get certified.
How better are your career prospects now?
Say, if you want to start an MT firm of your own, does it help gain clients?
Is there a higher level certification that you are aiming for after this?

Congrats again
Santhosh.

skumar09Starter

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 7

Posted:
Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:31 am

Thank you Mr. Santhosh.

Regarding our career prospects nothing bad until the overseas firms decide on sending jobs to be done at our country and others. From what we medical transcriptionists feel is that until and unless there is gonna be a government which restricts their jobs to be outsourced, there is no constraints for us and also they will also not do so, since TIME plays a great role in this industry.

MT firm:- Starting an MT firm, is not up to our hands because there are lot many processes that should be taken into consideration before starting an MT firm. For e.g., getting a client who can send us in jobs, setting up a back office at U.S. or U.K. from where the jobs are being sent to us, etc....

We have seen about 100s of firms mushrooming everyday in our city itself, but they last only for a short term and they close down. We see them getting jobs, but it is only a sub-subfranchisee jobs for which we will be paid very meagrely and we cannot meet our expenses of the firm if we start one and we will have to expend it out from our pockets. Even if we do, we can only if we slowly get direct clients and we should have a strong hold overseas who can lead us through this.

If you can let us know regarding MT firm even more if you get any and also if any idea of setting up a firm in our Nilgiris, I do welcome.

He was the FIRST Badaga to represent the Madras State Congress Committee (The then combined state of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh), in 1940s.

_________________N BELLIE (LIC) (Achanakal)

ootyraajStarter

Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 12

Posted:
Fri May 28, 2010 2:54 am

Great collection.

Do you know one thing, Mr. Rajesh from Kil Kundah is the first to complete MA in Mass Communication from Madras University.

Its Me ! ! !

bjaypeeFrequent poster

Joined: 01 Aug 2001
Posts: 198

Posted:
Sat May 29, 2010 7:35 am

Hi ootyraaj,

That is what I call great 'sense of humour'.

I would like to put that as '
Rajesh from KK - the first MA in MC from MU
'.

On a serious note, I find that a large number of our people are post graduates and among them many Phds. As a community, we should really feel proud about the 'literacy' level and I hope, one day, we can proudly say that Badagas are 100% literate.

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